Weatherproof building.



A. E. GRIFFITHS.

WEATHERPROOF sunnmm APPLICATQON FILED OCT. 14. 19l8.

Patanted May 6, 1919.

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WEATHERPROOF BUILDING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1919.

Application filed October 14, 1918. Serial No. 258,020.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. GRIFFITHS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Cofi'eyville, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weatherproof Buildings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for rendering buildings weatherproof at the win dows, doors and similar openings, and particularly to weather strips applied to buildings in which the outside covering of the frame of the building is constructed of drop siding or the like. One of the purposes of my invention is to provide means for rendering weatherproof those parts of the building on opposite sides of the door or window frames after the construction of the building or to apply eflicient weather stripping to buildings previously constructed in which drop siding is employed. Another object of the invention is to provide a weather strip of such simple construction that it may be installed at small cost and will yet effectively prevent the entrance of air, rain, snow, dust or the like to the inside of the building.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows a front elevation of part of a window and the adjacent weather boarding and also shows a Weather strip applied in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 shows a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. I

Fig. 8 shows a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View, on an enlarged scale, showing with greater clearness how the weather strip is applied to the siding and to the casing of either a door or a window.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings the drop siding is indicated at A, and a window at B. have shown my improvements applied to a building in which drop siding A is used to cover the frame of the building. The frame of the window, as usual, comprises an outer casing C, an inner casing C, studs D, pulley stiles E, which latter are provided with stop beads e, parting beads e and blind stops 6, as usual. F indicates lathing an'd Gr plaster, while H indicates weights and P the pocket therefor. The construction thus far described is well known, and it will be observed that the siding A extends across the studding D and behind the outer casing C. 1

As clearly indicated in F 1g. 3 there are openings at: through which air, rain, snow, dust or the like may enter, pass into the pocket P and thence pass to the inside of the house as indicated by the arrows.

The object of my invention is to prevent this in a very simple and eflicient way.

According to my invention, I produce a kerf or cut m by means of a saw or other suitable tool and in this cut I place a strip S of metal. Any suitable metal may be employed and it might be possible to use other material but galvanized iron I have found to be best suited for the purpose. The inner edge of the metal strip is arranged in the recess m, as indicated in Fig. 3, and the strip closes the openings 00 and lies close to the edge of the outer casing 0, being secured to the latter by nails or other fastening devices c. Preferably the extreme outer end or edge of the strip S is bent slightly, as indicated in Fig. 3, so that it lies very close against the edge of the casing C and the nails 0 serve to draw the strip close to the casing and hold it there.

It will thus be seen that the casing of the door or window is rendered completely weatherproof in a very simple way.

While I have shown my improvements applied to a window frame, it is obvious that they may be applied to a door frame, and while I have shown my improvements applied to a particular kind of drop siding, it is obvious that they may be applied to clap boards or coverings of other specific kinds. It will be observed that noparticular construction of window frame or siding is re quired, that these parts need not be modified before the building is constructed, and that the kerf or groove m may be formed after the construction of the building or on any building long after its construction.

If desired, however, in constructing a new building the kerf or groove may be made in the boards or siding before the completion of the building.

I claim as my invention:

A building having an outer casing for a door or Window opening, provided With a plied near the outer edge of said strip for drop siding having a thin, vertical, saw securing the strip to the casing and for kerf close to said outer casing, a thin, holding said bent edge firmly in engagement 10 straight, flat, metallic Weather strip having With the casing.

its outer, vertical edge bent sidewise and In testimony WhereOfIhaVe hereunto subbearing against said casing and its inner scribed my name. edge arranged in said kerf, and means ap- ARTHUR EDGAR GRIFFITHS.

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